immaterial

[ im-uh-teer-ee-uh l ]

/ ˌɪm əˈtɪər i əl /

of no essential consequence; unimportant.

not pertinent; irrelevant.

not material; incorporeal; spiritual.

Origin of immaterial

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word immāteriālis. See im-², material

im·ma·te·ri·al·ly, adverb im·ma·te·ri·al·ness, noun

It is immaterial if the infidel is a combatant or a civilian.

The CIA’s Wrong: Arming Rebels Works |Christopher Dickey |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The lack of evidence for HGH as an effective performance enhancer is just as immaterial as its illegality.

Major League Baseball’s Planned Suspensions Are Already a Bust |David Roth |June 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Whether blame is assigned to the failed follower or the failed leader is immaterial.

The Truth About Women in Combat |David Frum |March 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
So as long as a lethal strike passes muster in constitutional terms, the location of the target is immaterial.

White Paper Suggests U.S. Could Launch Drones Into U.S. Cities |Kal Raustiala |February 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

“Source” ends up feeling like an essentially virtual, Platonic, immaterial object.

Vanishingly Massive |Blake Gopnik |October 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
If the colour of the heroine's eyes and the tint of her hair are immaterial to her career, omit such hackneyed data.

The Lure of the Pen |Flora Klickmann
It is immaterial whether it is payable in the place where it is drawn or not.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 |Various
All of which would be irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial if this were not a legal story.

Tutt and Mr. Tutt |Arthur Train
How would that be possible if consciousness were an immaterial entity, independent of these anatomical organs?

The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century |Ernst Haeckel
That is immaterial; the defense could have demanded the same thing.

The Awakening |Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy

immaterial

/ (ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəl) /

of no real importance; inconsequential

not formed of matter; incorporeal; spiritual

immateriality or immaterialness, noun immaterially, adverb